Save intermediate datasets

Use the top-level save_result field to control whether a method’s processed dataset is written to an intermediate HDF5 file. Its value is a YAML Boolean: true or false without quotation marks.

Warning

Place save_result beside method, module_path and parameters, not inside the parameters mapping.

For example, save the result of dark_flat_field_correction as follows:

 - method: dark_flat_field_correction
   module_path: httomolibgpu.prep.normalize
   parameters:
     flats_multiplier: 1.0
     darks_multiplier: 1.0
   save_result: true

If save_result is omitted, the method’s default setting is used. To save intermediate datasets for every applicable task, run HTTomo with --save-all. When that option is enabled, save_result: false does not disable saving for an individual method.

Note

Saving intermediate datasets can substantially increase disk use and execution time, so enable it only for results that need to be inspected or reused. Reconstruction results are saved to an intermediate file by default.

For other output choices, use a save_to_images method to write images or --save-snapshots to capture lightweight diagnostic snapshots. See Available methods and Command-line interface respectively.